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GC: In my dialect (standard Canadian English), one can definitely say something is "fucked" (not up, not over, just plain fucked) in a non-literal sense to mean it's irreparably broken. I think there's a slight difference, actually.

"My car is fucked up," suggests that there is something wrong with it and it's acting strangely. "My car is fucked," suggests that it is, or may be, a write-off.

It does, somehow, seem odd to use "fucked" in this sense as a modifier instead of as a predicate. "My fucked car," sounds a bit awkward, although I don't think it's ungrammatical in the right context. "Which car are you selling? The fucked one?" sounds OK to me.

Anyways, my point is just that I think you're overreaching. You CAN say "this fucked market," it's just a little awkward.